FG targets $500m to develop Agro-Industrial Processing Zones
19 February 2020 |
6:44 am
The Federal Government of Nigeria has pledged $500million in collaboration with the African Development Bank on the development of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SPAZs) across the country.
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